 | Kenneth Hylson-Smith - Religion - 1992 - 423 pages
...the comments of Bishop Butler. Writing in 1736 he bemoaned a general decay and disregard of religion: It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...by many persons, that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious And accordingly they... | |
 | C. John Sommerville - History - 1992 - 238 pages
...eighteenth century that "It has come to be taken for granted that Christianity is not so much a subject for inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious." 28 Such quotations, while always ambiguous, could be multiplied endlessly and may even have had a self-fulfilling... | |
 | Richard Sibbes - Religion - 1995 - 376 pages
...find Bishop Butler, a century later, taking up the same lamentation in nearly the same words ; eg, ' It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...an agreed point among all people of discernment,' (Preface to ' The Analogy '). (A) ' The whole world was darkened.' This remains matter of debate. The... | |
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It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were... 
